RE: [CH] Soaker Hoses

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>
> The water that I would like to utilise flows out of the ground in
> a rivulet

RAM pump!  That's what I was trying to recall--my poor memory!  It's type of
gravity pump.

Again, I searched www.google.com for "gravity ram pumps.

Riley

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